Compartment bag



Oct. 13,1925.

4 J. G. GALLOWAY GOMPARTMENT lBAG Filed Nov. 22. 1924 lia.

wfh l 1 s A Tmp/vifs Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES JESSE G. GALLOWAY, OF FALMOUTH, KENTUCKY.

COMPARTMENI" BAG.

Application led November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,450.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JESSE G. GALLOWAY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Falmouth, in the county of Pendleton, and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compartment Bags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to bags and satchels having a removable compartment element in the lower portion thereof. Among particular uses for my structure is the provision in a hand bag of a means for retaining a liquid container for use by undertakers and embalmers, although my structure is suitable for a wide range of purposes.

It vis my object to provide a device for supporting a base, removable by adjustment from within the bag, and of holding up with the base a container of any desired size or shape. It is my object to provide for the support of the base from a frame that forms the bottom of the compartment above that in which the liquid container is placed, and also to provide for the support of the frame by means of links which connect the frame with the portion of the hand bag near the handles and the closing lips of the bag. The several devices of my invention which provide the several supports are within the bag and are not exposed from the outside.

My bag has no external structure to distinguish it from any larger sized bag or satchel.

I attain the .foregoing objects with this concealed structure by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1 represents a side perspective with a cutaway portion revealing the inner structure.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the open bag, and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3, 8 of Figure 2, showing the lining of the upper compartment which conceals the mechanism below it. Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

lIhe bag indicated generally at 1, is no different from other bags of the same type except that it has no bottom rigidly secured thereto. The type of bag selected for illustration of my invention'is merely one convenient form to which the invention may be applied. A metal reinforcement 1 may be arranged about the open bottom of the bag.

The base 2 is made of a shape to fit the open bottom of the bag proper, and the structures to be described, are those which I prefer to employ in holding the base in place.

The false bottom of the bag in the form selected for illustration, is provided by a frame formed of metal strips 4, into a rectangular shape, with cross bars la for strengthening. An inner lining 5 is secured in Athe usual manner Awithin the top of the bag, and lies over or is secured by stitching or otherwise to the framework forming the false bottom, thus formingl a compartment 6 in the upper portion of the bag.

In the drawings I have illustrated a metal vessel l5, located between the removable base and the central false bottom, although it will be understood that other devices may be placedinto this space, or it may be lined and used as a second compartment for clothing, instruments, samples or the like. The

metal vessel serves the purpose of containing the fiuid matter resulting from the embalming process, so that the undertaker can do his work at thehome and remove the fluids without distress to the family. This vessel is of special shape having meeting lines of .1

top, bottom andsides rounded and the top sloping to the middle to the filler cap 15a. The vessel may be kept perfectly clean because of this structure and is otherwise rectangular to give it large capacity.

Greatstrength is called for in the mode of support of the removable base, as the weight of the fluids and the heavy metal vessel is considerable.

I have provided for support `of the base fromthe false bottom, and support of the false bottom from the portions of the bag adjacent the opening thereof, so that the weight is supported from the top of the bag where the carrying handles are mounted, which is always made very stout and strong in bag and satchel construction.

Thus I secure the handles 1n in the form illustrated by means of pieces lh of heavy leather or other material stitched to the bag. Rings' 8 are riveted through the leather pieces lb, and are four in number, and hung on these rings are supporting strips 7, which are bent around to small loops 7a, that are themselves soldered and riveted into the false bottom frame.

The :false bottom frame has slots 13, at the central portion of the two sides thereof, through which slide the operatingl bars 9. The bars 9 have hinged to their lower ends a pair' of links 9a, which are Veach hinged to suspending bars 14a.

The suspending bars are bent around loops 14h, secured on the underside of the false bottom frame, the same as the loops 7n.

The links extend beyond the bars lt, and their ends act as lingers to engage under the bent up ends 1.4 of. cross straps 14, secured rigidly to the removable base.

The `operating bars have a pair' of lugs 1.0 and 1l thereon, which co-operate with Cotter pins 12 to hold the bars in adjusted position. The lining in the upper compartment. is slotted to permit the ends 12a of the bars 14 to protrude into the interior of the compartment, from which point they are operated bythe user..

The operation is as follows :#Starting with the device fully assembled and the metal vessel in place and heldl by thef mechanisms'described, with the cotter pins set into the slots in the false bottom frame, so as to hold lugs 11 over far enough to engage the limiting walls of the slots, the operator rst removes the cotter pins, and then lifts up on the operating bars. This results in swinging inwardly the two supporting bars linked toi each operating bar, and withdraws the ends of the links from engagement under the bent up ends of the cross straps 14C. The. bag can then be lifted away from the base piece and. the: can removed for use. It is best at this point to lift the operating bars far enough for their lugs 10 to come through the slots and then to drop the cotter pins into. the slots to hold the bars up and the links out of engaging position.

To place the device into assembly again, thevessel is set onto the. base, and the bag set over the vessel and base. The cotter pins arel removed and the operating bars .pushed down. This thrustsv the ends of' the links into position under the bent up ends of the cross straps on the base, and holds the base in place.

The bag has no seamsv along the side, and the observer cannot tell that it isy anything more than. an ordinary Satchel or bag.v i

The device for holding the base removably in place, is naturally subject to wide variation, and l believe that my device is the i'irst instance in the art in which a removable base is provided in a satchel or bag, that has. a false bottom well above the base.

Having thus described a typical instance where my inventionmay be employed, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A portable hand bag having an open bottom, a separate base adapted to close said bottom, false. bottomV within the bag located abovey the open. bottom thereof, suiiiciently' to leave a spacev for insertion of desired articles, and means. for removably securing said base in the; bottom of the. bag, said means bei-ng positioned so to be operable trom withn the bag above the false bottom thereof.

2. In a portable hand bag, a framework of strips, a removable compartment element supported by said strips, said strips supported from a point near the closing lips of the. bag.

3. In a bag, a lramcwork of strips, ar` rcmovable eomipsartmentA element supported by said strips,l said strips supported from a point near the closing lips of the bag, and said removable compartment element released'. and retained from ay point within the upper compartment of theV bag.

4. AV bag having a removable base, a concealed lower compartment within the bag abovev the removable base-,a concealed `rame work of strips supporting the removable base, and means for releasing or retaining said base from within an upper compartment or? the. bag.

5. A bag ol usual outward appearance, a

concealed lower compartment within the bag above a removable base and concealed mecha nism operated from Within. said bag whereby the base is retained and released..

G. A bag ot usual outward appearance, a concealed compartment in the lower portion thereof above a base of! the bag, and means interiorally located for the releasel or tenure of the base, outwardly from the bottom or' the bag;

JESSE Gr.. GFALLOWTAY. 

